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Behind the success of ADLM 2024 is the demanding work of the ADLM Annual Meeting Organizing Committee (AMOC). Comprised of 12 volunteers, the AMOC works diligently to make each year’s meeting a must-attend education and networking event.
CLN spoke to Mark Marzinke, PhD, DABCC, FADLM, AMOC Chair and professor of pathology and medicine at Johns Hopkins University, for his perspective on why it is a must-attend this year.
It’s really going to highlight the breadth of clinical laboratory medicine in multiple facets and is inclusive of really understanding practical approaches to the provision of care via clinical laboratory medicine. I’m also really excited to get a better understanding of what’s innovative and will impact our field in the 5-10 years to come.
There have been a number of changes in our field that have impacted laboratory medicine, and you’ll see that reflected in the meeting in three main ways: greater intersection between laboratory medicine disciplines; integration of automation into the clinical microbiology space; and the increased leveraging and utilization of data analytics, including large language model artificial intelligence and data visualization.
Another topic will be how the clinical laboratory community can respond to the evolving landscape of laboratory developed tests, particularly considering the recent Food and Drug Administration final ruling that will go into effect in May 2027.
This is a shift for us. We celebrated our 75th anniversary as AACC last year, and this is the first conference under our new name, ADLM. As such, this scientific meeting really does need to reflect the landscape of laboratory medicine. When developing the scientific program, we wanted to ensure that there were topics and science that are practical, and that are translational and forward thinking. Our slogan for this conference is “bold move.” A bold move is not just in the renaming of our organization. A bold move reflects the trajectory of the profession and the role of clinical laboratorians when it comes to delivering high-quality healthcare.
Historically, the annual scientific meeting is a way to connect with colleagues. It’s also a way to leverage the latest and greatest technology at our clinical laboratory exposition, which is the largest in the northern hemisphere. ADLM 2024 paves a way for attendees to build bridges, both personally and professionally, and to learn about what can be applied to your home institution or to your home field. This is a meeting that is complimentary and synergistic with the diversity of roles that clinical laboratorians have in their day-to-day lives. That’s something I’ve always found valuable in our annual meetings. Attendees will always leave with not just added knowledge but added tools to implement in their laboratories at home.
Register, explore, and plan your meeting at meeting.myadlm.org
Chart your course through the meeting using these expert-curated tracks from the scientific program.
BIOMARKER DISCOVERY
The Nexus of Innovation: How Laboratory Medicine Supports Cellular and Gene
Therapy Advancements
Emerging Diagnostics to Differentiate Type 1 From Type 2 Myocardial Infarction
and Acute Non-Ischemic Myocardial Injury
Acute Kidney Injury Biomarkers: Ready for Primetime?
Alzheimer’s Disease and the New Therapeutic Age
New Diagnostic Laboratory Assessments in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Preeclampsia in the Unites States: Clinical Details, Best Practices in Laboratory Medicine, and Impact of Foundational Support
DATA SCIENCE
Visualizing Laboratory Data: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Bad, Better, Best: Putting Data Visualizations to the Test
Operationalizing AI in Lab Medicine: Approaches for Effective Machine Learning Integration and Deployment
Getting Started with Data Analytics: Indirect Reference Intervals as a Case Study
Ensuring Equity and Fairness in Machine Learning*
The Use of Intelligent Algorithms and AI in Pathology: Applications and Apprehensions
MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
The Fee-for-Service Payment System for Lab Tests: A Challenge for Labs, Patients, Physicians, and Insurers
Community Engagement, Research, and Healthcare: Laboratory Medicine's Lead Role in Ensure Health Equity*
Moving Beyond Sensitivity and Specificity: Showing the Value of Lab Medicine Through Outcome Measures
Improv and the Art of Medicine: Adaptable Skills for an Uncertain World
Speaking their Language: Communicating to Hospital Leadership the Essential Role
of the Laboratory in Value-Based Care
Effective Communication with C-Suite Executives: A Chief of Operations and a Department Chair Perspective
MICRO & MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS
Next Generation Sequencing for Laboratorians: Understanding the Essentials
The Remarkable Role of the Clinical Laboratory Plays in Organ Donation
Microbes Meet Machines: Total Laboratory Automation in Clinical Microbiology
Navigating Constitutional Genomic Disorders Throughout the Exome
Changing the Sexually Transmitted Infection Control Paradigm:
Novel Diagnostics and Treatment Strategies
Current and Future State of Metagenomics for Infectious Diseases Testing
NEAR PATIENT TESTING: POINT-OF-CARE TO CRITICAL CARE TESTING
Solving Problems and Resolving Challenges in Point-of-Care Testing
Accelerating Point-of-Need Diagnostics to Meet the Growing Demand for Acute and Advanced Care at Home
Advances and Limitations of Consumer-Initiated Laboratory Testing
Pathogen Detection, Machine Learning, or Host Biomarkers: Can Any of These Technologies Help Address the Challenge of Sepsis?
Metabolic Emergencies in the Pediatric Patient: Laboratory Differentiation of Inborn Errors of Metabolism and Acute Drug Exposure
Point-of-Care Testing Challenges in Traditional and Non-Traditional Settings
TOXICOLOGY: FROM PEDIATRICS TO PUBLIC HEALTH
Toxicology Roadmap: Everything You Need to Know About Successfully Running a Urine Drug Test Service
Real Time Mass Spectrometry: Strategies for Rapid Drug and Metabolite Detection to Enhance Clinical Decision Making
Responding to the Threat of Xylazine and Drug Supply Adulteration: Clinical Testing Strategies and Empowering Point-of-Service Community Drug Checking
Unexpected Toxicology Results as Real Time Opportunities for Collaboration
Clinical Toxicology in the Courtroom: How to Serve as an Expert Witness
The Toxicological Problem Accumulating Inside of Us All: Breaking Down the Uses, Abuses, and Growing Public Health
Concerns over PFAs